A man who suffered a severe stroke after taking the blood-thinning medication Pradaxa has sued the drug's manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, charging that the company failed to warn about the risk of side effects resulting from Pradaxa use. The plaintiff, Jose Monebias, filed his lawsuit... Read More

Two plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against hip implant manufacturer Biomet over complications from the company's M2a Magnum hip have asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to establish a Biomet MDL to consolidate such lawsuits. Their motion to establish the MDL was filed... Read More

According to a new complaint against Yaz, plaintiff Maria Cunningham, a 57-year-old woman, alleged that she suffered severe injuries due to Yaz blood clots that caused her death. The case joined the Yaz coordinated proceedings in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles on July... Read More

In August 2010, DePuy enacted a voluntary DePuy ASR hip recall. Just four months later, on December 3, 2010, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) opted to consolidate qualifying DePuy ASR hip lawsuit complaints into a multidistrict litigation (MDL). Known as MDL No.... Read More

According to a new short form complaint filed by his Zimmer knee attorney on July 25, 2012, a plaintiff from California asserted that his Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex knee failed him only nine months after he had it implanted. This plaintiff is another in a growing... Read More

On September 15, 2010, an FDA Warning Letter was sent to Fresenius’s CEO after an investigation into the Fresenius facilities and procedures that lasted from June 15, 2010, through August 6, 2010. It addressed the facility’s lack of adequate procedures in dealing with complaints associated... Read More

The Stryker website offers little information about the Stryker hip replacement recall announced by Stryker Orthopaedics on July 4, 2012. The Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck hip implant systems were subject to the recall. According to the website’s FAQ page, patients who have symptoms like... Read More

A man who allegedly suffered cognitive impairment and sexual problems from Propecia filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturer Merck on June 29, 2012 in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. The lawsuit is part of the Propecia MDL that has been established... Read More